Global food waste explained (with five tomatoes)

Each year the world produces about 670 kg of edible food for every person on the planet, but we only eat about half of that.

In this video I use 5 tomatoes to explain where the rest goes.

It is important to remember that these figures are a global average.

At an individual level someone who eats a lot of meat and wastes a large share of food can easily require over a tonne of food to support them, while in poorer parts of the world it can be a third of that.

Here are the links to the people doing great work I mentioned in the video: